The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1887-11-15
DOUBLY DAFT.
.urr,u4 FARMER at 'Ehet'roN T.
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the Wan.

,r. d. \. Meqdor OF EaB. c SPrl g
in the city yesterday and whit"
S vs. informed an EXAMINER repre-
snto,iye OF the luuacy and disep
or.nce OF Il prominent farmer
NOR living near The Grove" in
roryell county. Mr.. j. f. Graham is
an old and respected citizen OF That
nrigbborhood, having resided there
,or more than twenty years and the
mi .fortune that has overtaken h mand
.'r'n.,ruontly his family, has aroused
.no .ympathY of the many with
' lE,,n ne and his have all these years
"eep a-sociated,
not THE FIRST TIME.
II appears that this is not the first
.,,a.ion that lunacy has overiaken
If, Graham, ~ he was lHst spring foI
.ams lime IN the same coudi ion and
q QUO occasion lett his home and
u took the train tor Corsicana Aruv
4 ing there. however, his right mind
w. restored to him and he immcdl
,,olr returned home to his family
I'm whom he hal ned. Since TIM,
Zine mas not been known to have
Sopn ,,llictet and has from day to
sjy prusueI his usual avocaticns.
vr.rs HIS NEiGHBoR AND FLIES.
III I'M Thursday or Friday, Nov. Bird
ar nh he left his home and Went to
Z Mc(,regor for the purpose OF hauling
Srmher No information has been
,sceiyed As to whether he showed any
HONS of lunacy while there or at any
,9e previous to the climax OF the
Aim On saturday Mr.. Graham was
,,nrping home seated on his lead
stoad arrived within Que and halt
mile, of his journeys end. When
s55a that distance from home a
coleman by the name of Sturdevsl ,
one of his uetghbors, who was passing
song the roaG in the opposite direc-
ton met hun At the moment he saw
Mr. Sturdeval he eaped from his
wagon. leaving the team going along
HE road. and dashed into the brush
Ma fearful pace. Since that time he
has not been seen or heard from.
SEARCHING PARTIES OFT.
His team was taken home aud his dis
bppearauce reported, and the know
edge of his previous departure OF
nind making his friends uneasy, a
searching party was immediately or
kgsni1ed ana the woods secured
ihoroughly for any trace of him tn at
0uld be found Up TO yesterday the
Rarch had proven trultlcss. On Sun
6y last, the whole community tor
miles around were enlisted in the
Work aud more than one hundred men
Mere engaged IN the search. 1t is fear
n that he has either destroyed him
Nor that he has, in his wanderings,
asdeeper and deeper into the thick
iAd will eventually perish of starry
\ fan.
"a HIS DESCRIPTION
MrJ, f. Graham, the unfortunate
Il hgItye is about 40 years of age, five
b h eleven inches in height and
,. weighs about l75 pounds. His hair
H' originally black but is thickly
\ k'trewn with gray. Wears beard
4 over his face and when he dissp-
pared wore a black hat aud dark
Gown jtaus coat. He has wife and
children who mourn his mistor-
and disappearance, and who will
ply hear of any information as to
Shereabouis. He has extensive
ga interests in both McCleiiand and
Wfyell county, and is a prosperous
Mmer. His mental alteration is sup
Poeedt to have been inherited as he has
Ns'er who WAS non compos menti'
SUM- years ago but who afterward
oco'efed and others III the family
asVe been similarly affected.